WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE (1849-1916)
WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE (1849-1916)
WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE (1849-1916)
WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE (1849-1916)
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WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE (1849-1916)

Helen Dixon

Details
WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE (1849-1916)
Helen Dixon
oil on canvas
60 x 36 in. (152.4 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 1905.
Provenance
The artist.
(Probably) Thomas Henry Dixon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, commissioned from the above.
(Probably) Helen Dixon and Edward Bell Krumbhaar, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Frank S. Schwarz & Son, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Private collection, Louisiana.
Estate of the above.
Christie's, New York, 29 May 1987, lot 184A, sold by the above.
Private collection, New York, acquired from the above.
Christie's, New York, 19 May 2005, lot 151, sold by the above.
Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, New York.
Acquired by the late owner from the above.
Literature
W. Peat, “Checklist of Known Works by WM. Chase,” in Chase Centennial Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1949, n.p.
R.G. Pisano, William Merritt Chase: Portraits in Oil, vol. II, New Haven, Connecticut, 2006, pp. 205-06, no. OP.406, illustrated.
Exhibited
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, circa 1923, on extended loan.
Akron, Ohio, Akron Art Museum, William Merritt Chase Portraits, June 5-August 29, 1982, pp. 36, 39, fig. 31, illustrated.

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Lot Essay

The present work depicts Ms. Helen Dixon of Philadelphia. The portrait was likely commissioned by the sitter’s father upon her introduction into Philadelphia society. According to Ronald G. Pisano, the present work was loaned to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1923 by the sitter and her husband, Dr. Edward Bell Kumbhaar (William Merritt Chase: Portraits in Oil, New Haven, Connecticut, 2006, vol. II, p. 206).

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